Development and Implementation of an Enterprise’s Energy Efficiency

There are many reasons for the increased attention to problems related to the energy efficiency of production. First of all, it is the constant growth of industrial production, price instability, and the actual limited reserves of energy resources. We should add that technical deterioration of equipment and technological lag sometimes leads to additional consumption of fuel and energy resources and an increase in the energy intensity of products. All this reduces the energy efficiency of production and, consequently, the competitiveness of enterprises and PCs in general, encouraging managers to develop measures to correct this situation. In the mid-80s of the last century, an important milestone in the development of the views of domestic economists on the problems of energy efficiency and energy saving was the concept of energy-saving policy. The concept states that the energy intensity of products and services at different stages of economic development increases or decreases depending on a whole range of circumstances, among which the author highlights the ratio of intensive and extensive factors, the availability of energy resources, and the ratio of energy and material costs. The energy-saving policy includes a number of measures to save energy resources in the field of energy production and transformation, including replacing expensive and dwindling types of energy resources with more efficient ones, introducing advanced technological processes, and improving the structure of the national economy and organization of production. The authors of the concept propose to regulate the technical and economic conditions of production with the help of an active state technological policy in order to encourage energy savings in industry and the introduction of technical innovations.